Top 10 Most Difficult School Grades

The Top Ten
1 11th grade

11th grade is the worst year of high school. Socially, it's a real hardship, and I don't know why because freshman and sophomore years seemed easy, socially wise. I only had one really hard class, but my other classes weren't too bad. I didn't enjoy math class, even though Lara was there, because of a lot of noisy and annoying people in that class. I liked the teacher, though. The hard thing about being a junior is that all the teachers put a bunch more expectations on you and say, You're a junior now, and not only that, but college is looming, which makes it extra stressful.

Stress for college starts picking up, and you have to recover from all of your past mistakes throughout high school. Socially, it's atrocious because all the students of your class are either suffering early senioritis or are disgustingly stressed and competitive. It's also when you're almost an adult, but you still have to deal with being treated as a teenager who thinks they know everything but are actually too dumb to function. It's the worst year because of pressure academically, socially, and mentally.

2 7th grade

I am currently in the seventh grade, and it is hell. I joined a new private school full of toxic and egoistic people that are so mean and have no sympathy or empathy towards others. Not to mention the bullying and the awkwardness of making friends because of puberty. And the once kind teachers become mean and expect so much more. And the teachers that were already mean became even meaner. The amount of stress and homework and studying is ridiculous, as well as new things like learning how to write essays and analytical paragraphs, which are things I didn't learn in my old school. As well as civics, French, and advanced Arabic. The mental capacity and power you need is insane, as to be the top student, you need to AT LEAST study for five hours a day just to be caught up. The worst year of school, for now, by far.

I am currently in 7th grade. They spoon-feed you and act like middle school is going to be easy in 6th grade. Over the summer, some drama starts and carries on into 7th grade. To make things worse, the teachers that you liked last year become worse, and the bad teachers get even worse. The work becomes a lot harder, and they expect you to do it in little time. They don't grade anything either, to make life worse.

Then you become depressed and stressed out. You're probably also going through puberty at this point. The teachers make everything seem easy when they really just want to sit on you. Good luck to 6th graders who are going to 7th grade!

3 12th grade

It's been a nightmare. The jump from Year 10 to Year 11 wasn't so bad, but then there was this - oh boy. February was bearable, but then came March - I got drowned, and I repeat, drowned, in homework. There was the time I got up at 3 in the morning, the time I worked until 9:30 pm, and pretty much every day of this I was working all morning, stopping only for breakfast. The following holidays in April, as ready as I normally would have been for a break, I just had too much PTSD to enjoy myself.

Then came May - birthday month. I had been planning to celebrate with a trip to Wagga for years, and I thankfully just made it, but that came at the cost of extra-late homework nights all through the week leading up to it. By the time I'd made it through all that, the only thing I had left was my English book, but I abandoned that because I'd never read those anyway but still got away with it every time. But when I got home, I stopped and realised that I'd really never had an excuse for that my teachers would approve of. My conclusion was that, ever since I'd skipped Alex Rider in Year 7 and all the books since, I'd evolved more and more into a criminal, and the only way to make up for it would be to devote all my free time for the rest of the year to reading every book I'd skipped and rewriting all the assignments. Naturally, I didn't, but I have been reading my English books since, and they have been a slog.

If university is anything like this, I want out. This sort of BS frankly makes me question why we humans ever even left the jungle.

4 8th grade

I'm in 8th grade right now, and it's completely overwhelming. I've had a lot of toxic friends in middle school, so many people in school dislike me. Currently, I'm drowning in homework. My mom isn't strict, but I have really high expectations for myself.

I'm also in the most advanced class in the school because I was a really good student in 7th grade. However, they had to change my class from Algebra to the regular math class. This is disappointing because all my classmates are in regular math and I'm not.

I also don't have friends in my homeroom, which is unfortunate. I'm also quite depressed because of my entire school life. Let's not forget about body image issues. I'm seriously considering homeschooling.

My favorite part of eighth grade, hands down, was leaving. Like I said before, seventh grade isn't so bad at our school district, but eighth grade is significantly worse. The kids are still obnoxious, and they start to really get on your nerves by that time. Not only that, but the teachers put a lot of homework on you. I hardly even get time to relax in that grade because you've got homework coming from at least four classes at once.

The worst class was English. We had to read the most boring books. We also had to learn about Greek and Latin root words. The worst part was when we had to read Macbeth, even though we were only in eighth grade. You may not have an English teacher like this, but if you're from my school district and you're reading this, then you know exactly who I'm talking about.

5 10th grade

10th grader here. Starting the school year a bit rough with online school. I'm supposed to have 11 classes this year and am only taking 3, with college courses on the side. Even worse, I'm one of those people who learn stuff by reading the same thing over and over again, so I'll be a bit behind this year.

I'm having constant projects, and I haven't had a single break since the beginning of the year. I just finished a group project, and so far, we've had around 4 the entire year. I have tests in almost all of my classes, and for some reason, a book report in health which has no reason to be there. And constant tests and vocabulary. I didn't have a fall break, and I got sick due to staying up for a straight 24 hours with no break, only doing homework. I then had an allergic reaction, and this past Thanksgiving break, I've had to read nearly 50+ pages every single day of this book for health.

I only take 2 APs, yet I'm up at 3am almost every single night doing homework. (I wake up at 5:30am) On average, I have 3-4 tests every single week. I don't even have time to study for the tests because I'm too busy doing the homework. I'm also a student-athlete, which can really make it harder to get the work done. It honestly sucks because, in order to get into a good college, you have to have good academics, would like you to play a sport and be good in it, and also be involved in clubs. I'm in three clubs as well. It's almost impossible for me to get through all of this.

Teachers act as if they're your only class. I don't even have any time to be a teenager, as my weekends are taken up by literally homework or swim meets. I am mentally and physically drained.

6 9th grade

It's really hard to transition from being the top dog at middle school to a freshman target in high school. In my opinion, after 9th, you are used to the rules of high school and how everything works.

If you mess up and slack off in this grade, you're pretty much doomed and will have to live with your mommy for the rest of your life. I slacked off, have a 2.3 GPA because of it, and there is no hope of bringing it up.

Super unforgiving. One small screw-up and it's over. Get sleep in middle school while you can because you won't get any in high school.

7 6th grade

Well, my current grade, 6th grade, is pretty hard, about 8.5/10 on a hardness scale. In 5th grade, they said the stuff that we learned was important for the next year, as if 6th grade was a review of 5th (It's not!).

Teachers are a very mixed bag in this grade. Sometimes you will get a good bunch and sometimes a bad bunch, however, I think there will never be all ones you don't or do like. With the work, currently, I did some math to figure out that on average, we get 7.2 assignments a day in the later year. Earlier on in the year, we get 5-6. As the year progresses, the assignments get harder. Language arts is a hard subject in 6th grade, and so is writing, because that is where the school puts most of the work for some reason. You have to be like a speedrunner to finish all the work at school, which requires a lot of practice, but it is a good investment of time. That is my honest opinion on my current year, 6th grade.

8 5th grade

I am stuck in 5th grade. We got our second semestral report cards. My mom was happier than she had ever been. There are 3 semesters (Baseline, Midterm, and Final) per school year. The final is going to be extremely hard, and I don't know how I'm supposed to pass my final exam. We have the New York State ELA and math assessments.

I had to create a huge PowerPoint about Chile, and it has to be like 15 slides and include transitions, word animations, a theme, and we have to insert a background image. If you think 5 paragraphs is too much, at the beginning of the year, I had to type a 745-word essay on MS Word to go to middle school.

My parents are going to meet my teachers in 2 days, and I'm very nervous.

I hate 5th grade. We have this book report we have to do over Christmas break. I mean, come on, why can't I just chill and have a good time, but hell no. Also, there's so much drama over stupid stuff like I don't have time for drama. Also, there are straight-up weird people, not gonna lie. I have 5 more months until my misery ends. I wish I could burn 5th grade, but that's physically impossible. When I leave 5th grade, I will be so much happier.

9 3rd grade

I'm in 4th grade right now, but in 3rd grade, I did my worst. I had just come out of online school after the coronavirus, but I have to say, it was mostly just me. Except, my teacher yells really loud. Homework was kinda hard in the middle of the school year. But as far as the end of the year? It is so freaking fun! We had field day, fun day, and writing celebrations. Our teacher read books to us during snack time, and if we wanted to and it had one, we could watch the movie that goes with it! At the beginning of 3rd grade 8/10, middle 3/10, end 10/10.

Third grade was hard because we got drilled on our multiplication and division facts, and we had to finish our test papers in 1 minute! In the end, I did it! This was frustrating for me since I was used to getting all 100s, 90s, and 80s, and I got a lot of 60s because of this! Also, my teacher paid attention to every. tiny. detail. She gave me a 60 for forgetting to put a comma in four of my 1,000s! Everything else was correct! After that, I checked my test papers 3 times before handing them in!

10 4th grade

Fourth grade was super tough for me. My best friend was really rude to me and lied about having serious medical issues multiple times just to get rid of my other BFF. We aren't friends anymore. Math was really hard, and I barely got passing grades.

I think it is hard drama-wise because if you don't hang out with someone, they go and tell the teacher, and the next thing you know, you are in the principal's office. Also, because you want to act grown up but also play with toys. My teacher even said that 4th grade is the hardest education-wise because you have to learn something new, and like in 3rd grade, you just built off of what you already learned!

4th grade gets a medium hard 6/10, a big step from the 3rd grade, and a lot less of the work is fun work. It is very possible once again to finish all the work at school. There are 5-7 assignments a day, but most take less than 10 minutes, so it is pretty close to the 5th grade, a little less though. It's hard in the beginning, but if you are reading this and are going to be in the grade soon, you can make it through.

The Contenders
11 Kindergarten

I only know Kindergarten Cop. Okay, okay, it was called Reception, and it was so hard learning to write or something, watching some random TV show for little ones. That's all I remember.

I thought it was hard because I had to do addition.

I have a friend who is one year behind because he failed Kindergarten.

12 1st grade

1st grade was the worst for me because I had a horrible, abusive teacher who would always lock me out of the classroom. Also, why is 7th grade on here? This may be unpopular, but I'm in the 7th grade and I actually love it.

They are just learning to read. Yet, they are expected to take all the things they have learned, pull them together to read, comprehend, and then be able to write about it independently.

If the expectations and the age were taken into consideration, this would be much higher. If you don't have the foundation you get in 1st, you can bet middle and high school will be tough, but not as rigorous as what these inexperienced 6-year-olds are expected to do.

13 2nd Grade

I hated my 2nd grade teacher. It felt like she picked on me all the time. Her name was Mrs. Laws, and her name definitely fits. Me and my friend used to talk a lot, and she would constantly send me to the back to sit alone. My friend was very sensitive, so she hardly got in trouble because whenever she did, she would start crying. I remember my teacher would make us stand up straight, and she had this red pen she used to correct us with. I seriously hated her.

My school had us learn Spanish. In 2nd grade, I knew, like, a few words in Spanish. And our teacher would, like, always talk to us in Spanish. I never had any idea of what she was talking about, and I didn't learn anything.

I also got sent to the office a lot in this grade.

14 13th grade

I'm in 13th grade at my high school. My teachers call it a super senior. I'll be in 14th grade next year.

This should be higher, I mean, 13th grade is one of the highest, in my year 6 class, (I am English) they have to learn algebra. But it's funny that 13th grade is at 13th lol

15 Preschool

Preschool was so hard! I struggled with how to pronounce dog and how to do 1 plus 1, and 2 takeaway 1. Plus, taking naps was so brutal and mentally draining. Then, we got to play with our toys all day. Why would they stress out a child like this? I'm glad I'm out of preschool now because, golly, it was hell!

All I remember was that the teacher was evil to me and the others, mostly me, because the kids were learning to speak, and I was - it's long ago, I cannot remember anything.